THE wife of a private security firm
owner, Gladys Kelikuma, has accused the police of being behind the
murder of her husband, Ernest Kelikuma.

Sixty-year-old Kelikuma, a father of 10
children and a native of Ewechi-Onicha-Ukwuani in Ndokwa West Local
Government Area of Delta State, was allegedly murdered after he received
a call from an investigating police officer over the arrest of an armed
robber by his private security outfit.

The wife of the deceased said the
incident occurred on August 31, 2017 at Fegge Police Station at about
6.30pm, adding that the remains of her husband were deposited at Boromi
Hospital, Onitsha by the police.

It was gathered that Kelikwuma’s
security firm, called Ambassador Security Service and Co. Nigeria
Limited located at No 52, Old market road, Onitsha in Anambra State, had
apprehended an armed robber, who was trying to break into a house in
Fegge town and recovered the robber’s gun.

The wife of the deceased, who spoke to
our correspondents in Asaba, maintained that the spirit of her husband
would not rest until his killers were brought to book.

She said, “My husband left the house
full of life on that day after receiving a call from the police and
never returned home. All they are telling us is that Ernest killed
himself while trying to dislodge the gun found with the robber.”

The son of the deceased, Chidubem
Kelikwuma, narrated that “On 31st August, my father and I were eating in
the house when he received a call from Fegge Police Station on his MTN
line at about 4.45pm.

“He immediately left the food and told
me that his attention was needed at the police divisional headquarters
and requested that I should go with him to the station, but I told him
that I was tired and needed to rest.

“He left the house with the promise to
return very soon, but we never saw him again. The next day, my mother
told me that she received a call from the security adviser to my father
requesting that she should come to the police station.

“The gun that the police claimed killed
my father was the exhibit which my father’s security personnel, Emmanuel
Akpan, handed over to the police after apprehending the armed robber.”

When contacted, the Police Public
Relations Officer, Anambra State Police Command, Nkiruka Nwode, said she
was not aware of the incident, but promised to call back.

The state police spokesperson, however, did not call back as promised as of the time of filing this report.